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Personal info

Full name
DRENTH, Richard Louis
Date of birth
8 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Hometown
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36453867
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 51

Immediate family

Members
Harm Drenth (father)
Clara Drenth (mother)
Cecelia Drenth (sister)
Herman Drenth (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Richard L. Drenth attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 March 1943.
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy